The Old Motel Mystery

Name: The Old Motel Mystery
Brand: Oasis Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner
ISBN: 9781621883975

Author: Gertrude Chandler Warner

Series: The Boxcar Children Mysteries #23

Narrator: Aimee Lilly

Unabridged: 1 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 06/24/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Children's Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

Aunt Jane takes the Aldens to stay with her friend, Kay, who owns an old, shabby motel in Florida. Kay is ready to sell the motel, when the children offer to help fix it up and put it back in business. But they soon learn that someone is trying to make sure it stays out of business . . . forever.

About The Author

The Boxcar Children Series was created by Gertrude Chandler Warner, a teacher, when she realized that there were few, if any, books for children that were both easy and fun to read. She drew on her own experiences in writing the mysteries. As a child, she had spent hours watching trains near her home, and often dreamed about what it would be like to live in a caboose or freight car. In each story, she chose a special setting and introduced unpredictable, unusual or eccentric characters, to help highlight the Aldens’ independence and resourcefulness. Miss Warner lived in Putnam, Massachusetts until her death in 1979.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jose on March 24, 2015

The Old Motel Mystery by Gertrude Chandler Warner is a fantastic mystery book about Violet, Benny, Henry, and Jessie Alden who went to visit their aunt in Florida, Miami. The four children Stayed with Kay Kingsley in her old motel that she inherited many years ago. The motel wasn’t a pretty sight,......more

Goodreads review by Kristiana on February 18, 2025

Usually the mysteries are not dangerous… this one had vandals breaking into an occupied home and trying to flood the motel room the children were staying in. Plus many other iterations of vandalism and destruction of property. SPOILER ALERT: In the end, it was the sweet old lady that did it (on behes......more

Goodreads review by Octavia on January 16, 2024

I think this is the first of these books that I've read where the mystery really was one! Usually, the bad guys (if not everything about their motives or actions) are fairly obvious, but here there were three different possible culprits, and all had plausible opportunity to keep sabotaging the renov......more

Goodreads review by Simon on January 24, 2025

A classic and well acclaimed series, recommended as a great series for young readers. The Boxcar Children invoke the enjoyment for mystery-solving and having a close relationship with family. The mysteries are certainly twinged with a bit more danger now, and you can tell that other authors are penni......more

Goodreads review by Annie on March 07, 2025

I so love all the Boxcar Children books that I have been reading. This one is #23 in the series. I hope that I will be able to read all 150 + Boxcar books. In this book the four Alden children - Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny travel to Florida with their Aunt Jane to visit her friend - Kay Kingsley......more